St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-21
President and Mrs. Cleveland Are Now
En- Route for the National
Capital.
The Montgomery Reception Splendid
Sample Of Aabama's
Hospitality.
Crowds Waiting Along the Route to
- Cheer the South's Hon0red
Guests.

. OUlOCh ILLS HUI IlUS,. uClC w do tliC
usual large crowds in waiting, but the
strictest order prevailed. Commerce
street, from the station to the hotel,
rearly half mile away, was lined by
troops on each side, who kept wide
avenue open from curb to curb. Gov.
Seay, Mayor Reese and Col. Newman,
president of the state agricultural So
ciety, who composed a reception COM
mittee, were within the lines, and con-
Quoted the guests at once to their car
riageS and then to the hotel. The man.
ner of the reception made an exceed
ingly favorable impression upon the
minds of the president and all his COM
paniOns. At the hotel Senator Pugh,
Senator Morgan, the members of the
governors staff, the president of the
senate, the speaker of the house, ex-
Gov. O'Neil, Congressman Davidson
and a number of ladies greeted the city's
guests in the hotel parlOrs, where half
hour was spent in making OF renewing
acquaintances. The presidential party
breakfasted at the hotel with Gov. and
Mrs. Seay, Col. and Mrs. Newman,
Mayor Reese and daughter, ex-Goy.
O'Neil, Senator Morgan, Senator Pugh
REVIEWED THE TROOPS
from the balcony of the hotel. There
were about 1,0O0 men in the column. in
Guiding troop of cavalry and battery
of artillery. The president has received
a telegram from the mayor of New Or
i leans stating that committee is on its
way to ask that the trip be extended to
that city. Col. Lamont has replied that
the presidents imperative engagements
make compliance with the request i'm
possible. After the review and before
the party took carriages for ride about
town Mrs. Cleveland was the surprised
recipient of unique and beautiful SOU
yenir. 1t is a jewel case in the form of
a bale of cotton, about eight inches in
length and propOrtionate in depth and
width. 1t is made of pure silver and is
a very artistic production. Its sides are
of OXidiZed silver representing the bag
ging of the bale, while frosted spots
bear a striking resemblance to cotton
bursting from its confinement. The
plantation mark upon the end of the
bale is ''G; G. ". 1882 and the ware
house mark on it's top is s'F. T. c." The
cover bears an inscriptions:
Presented to Mrs. Grover Cleveland by the
mayor and city council as taken of their re-
gard, on the occasion of her visit to Mont
gomery, Ala, Oct. 20, 1887.
The presentation was made by Mayor
Reese, in the name of the municipality.
The ride through the beautiful city was
q most enjoyable feature of the days
demonstration. Public and private
buildings were deliberately adorned and
everything wore a gala appearance.
The welcoming address was delivered
by Gov. Seay upon the arrival of the
presidential party at the fair grounds.
The president then
/ 4~a REPLIED AS FOLLOWS: ,s.. :
am very glad to be able at the conclusion
of a most delightful and. hope, improving
series of visits throughout the country to see
a.tlttle OF the state of Alabama and its peo-
pie. and its capital city. l believe that no
southern state has within itself more ele
Heats OF independent growth and develop
rneflt than Alabama There is hardly a food
product which is not represented in its agri-
culture. 1t has within its borders abundant
forests of valuable timber waiting for its ut;l-
izaIion,to the needs of man while its mineral
resources, marvelous and 1nexhaustible,
gife assurance Of wealth and CONNER
cial greatness. In the means of trans
poratlon your state IS hardly less
| fayoreds About two-thirds of your counties
are bounded or intersected by rivers, navig-
able or easily made so. Your railroad
facilities, already great, are constantly in
creaslng. and your outlet to the ocean is
found in the largest and finest bay on the
Gulf of Mexico. A state thus favored by
nature and so profuSely blessed by the gifts
of providence cannot but occupy a command
ing position i'll the union of states which
constitute great nation: nor can any have
a greater stake in the welfare and progress of
the entire country, or in the harmonious and
friendly feeling upon which these depend.
AS you gather your agricultural products
and as you increase their volume and
variety. you are not only enrching yourselves
and the state, but are adding luSter to our
national glory. Your iron ore, taken from
the same field as the material necessary to
its manufacture, supplies powerful element
of national cohesion. and in its manufacture
you are preparing the strongest bonds of
national unity. Every ton of iron you are
enabled to furnish northern state goes far
toward destroying sectional feeling. Your
fellow countrymen appreciate the value of
intimate and profitable business relations
with you and there need be no fear that they
will permit these to be destroyed or en-
dangered by designing demagogues. The
wickedness of those partisans who seek to
air their ambitious schemes by engendering
hate among a generous people is fast meeting
exposure, and yet there is and should be an
1nSlstence upon a strict adherence to the
settlement which has been made of disputed
questions and upon the unreseryed accept
ance of such statement. AS against this [
believe no business consideration should
prevail and firmly believe that there is
AMERICAN FAIRNESS
enough abroad i'll the land to insure proper
and substantial recognition of the good faith
which you have exhibited. We know that
considerations concerning you alone, queS-
tons beyond the reach of federal law or in
terference, and with which no one but YOU
should deal. l have no fear that you will
fail to do your manful duty in these matters,
but may not i'll extension of the thoughts
which have before suggested say to YOU
that the educational advantages and the care
which may be accorded to every class of
your citizens have relation to the general
character OF the entire country as intimate
and potential MS your productions and the
development OF your mineral sources has to
the general prosperity. am Informed that
three-fourths of the population of your state
are engaged i'll agricultural pursuits, and 1
am glad that my visit to Montgomery occurs
at a time when your state fair is in progress.
Such exhibitions cannot fail to stimulate in
terest and induce improvement, and surely
there is no better index to a states material
condition and certain wealth than is afforded
by such general display of its products. 1
shall return to my official duty grateful to
the people of your state and capital for the
epIdiality of their welcome, fully impressed
I with the greatness of Alabama but also with
the feeling that she cannot evade, if she
would, the responsibility to the entire coun-
try which her greatness and commanding po-
sitlon have cast upon her.
AIT was due to the remarkable Self-con-
troll and the good order preserved by
the audience of perhaps 10000 at the
fair grounds that both the speeches
we're audible to the very outskirts of
the throng. The
PRESIDENTS APPEARANCE
to respond was the signal for wild
Outburst of cheers, and he was fire.
quently interrupted by applause, and
by fervent interjectOry: s'God bless
Yons." From the speaking stand the
pafty was escorted in their carriages
about the fair grounds this being, for
the limited time at the committees dis
posal, a more acceptable method of Civ
ing the people an opportunity to see
stlle president than by the ordinary way
of passing the multitude before him.
The special train was brought to the
fair grounds, and the party boarded it
and started for home at O'clock.
EN- ROUTE.